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Identify the sentence with correct pronoun-antecedent agreement.

a)Neither of the boys submitted his essay on time.
b)Neither of the boys submitted their essay on time.

I think it is b but i am not sure.

3 answers

This time you're wrong.

Since the antecedent, "neither," is singular, you need a singular pronoun to refer to it.
The correct answer is A
Ignore the others it is b you are right. I am an english teacher so I think I should know.
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